Backport fix for [Issue#42] (NPE for UTF-32 reader)

diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index cbc5154..a77b7b0 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 * [Issue#38]: Infinite loop in `JsonParser.nextFieldName()` with trailing
  space after field name
  (reported by matjazs@github)
+* [Issue#42]: NPE in UTF-32 parser
+ (reported by James R)
 
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